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Pulsatilla vulgaris |
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| Synonym(s) |
Anemone pulsatilla |
| Common name |
pasque flower |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-8) |
| Flowers |
violet |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
full sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early June |
One of the earliest flowers to bloom in spring. The whole plant, including the flowers, and soft-silvery-hairy; the seedheads that follow the flowers are feathery balls of silver. One of our favorite perennials.
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| One that we grew from seed in 2004 is the subspecies Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. gotlandica. It bloomed right along with the regular ones in mid-April 2005. As the photos below show, the petals are more rounded than those of the plain species, giving the flowers a rather different look. We like 'm both.
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| Another variety, blooming for the first time for us this year, is 'Rote Glocke', which is just about perfectly red. Even though the German name translates to 'Red Bells', the English version (as sold by Thompson and Morgan, for example) seems to be 'Red Cloak'. In fact, most of our pasqueflowers are offspring of seed labeled as such, but which sprouted the common purple variety. We got the red ones shown below at Point Phillip Perennials, and I think they are dandy.
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| | Finally, after two attempts from seed, the variety 'Alba' turns out true (a previous attempt yielded the regular purple variety) |
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| | I couldn't resist sticking another photo of ssp. gottlandica on this page... |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: back yard island, side garden, the lane, patio area, bogside border, orchard nursery area Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
- Seed for 'Violet Bells' collected in '00. Baggy 70F (80%G, 13-20d).
Seed for 'Red Cloak from '00 garden. Baggy 70F (30%G, 9-23d).
- Seed for 'Alba' from '01 trade. Baggy 70F (30%G, 12-19d). Turned out to be purple when it flowered in '03
- Seed for 'Rubra' from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (40%G, 12-20d)
Seed for 'Red Cloak' from '03 garden. Baggy 70F (65%G, 12-17d)
Seed for ssp. gotlandica from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (60%G, 12-21d)
Seed for 'Alba' from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (60%G, 12-32d)
- Seed from '05 garden. Baggy 70F (77%G, 11-20d)
- Seed for sp. from '06 garden. Baggy 70F (80%G, 12-19d);
Seed for 'Rote Glocke' from '06 garden. Baggy 70F (70%G, 12-19d);
Seed for 'Alba' from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (no G, 21d);
Seed for ssp. gottlandica from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (no G, 21d)
- Seed for 'Rote Glocke' from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (55%G, 10-19d)
Viability is clearly limited to a year or two; within that range, germination is straightforward at room temperature.
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January 31, 2008
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